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Awards

Recognizing excellence in veterinary medicine

The NCVMA awards program aims to recognize veterinarians who go above and beyond in their veterinary career and within organized veterinary medicine.

NCVMA Awards

The following awards may be presented at the summer conference. Only NCVMA members are eligible to nominate candidates. Your input is helpful in assuring we leave no qualified candidate overlooked. Please include a description of why you think he/she deserves the award, their accomplishments, etc. Note that awards are presented based on the qualifying criteria of the candidates, therefore not all awards may be presented. Thank you!

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Veterinarian of the Year

This award is based on outstanding contributions to veterinary medicine, the community and to the NCVMA during the past year or past several years.

Veterinarian of the Year Award

Dr. A. A. Husman 1954
Dr. J. H. Brown 1955
Dr. C. D. Grinnells 1956
Dr. M. M. Leanard 1957
Dr. J. Neal 1958
Dr. C. P. McLain 1959
Dr. H. P. Rollins 1960
Dr. A. C. Jones 1961
Dr. N. B. Tyler 1962
Dr. M. G. Edwards 1963
Dr. C. W. Young 1964
Dr. M. P. Hines 1965
Dr. S. A. Alexander 1966
Dr. R. L. Williams 1967
Dr. J. T. Dixon 1968
Dr. C. C. McLean 1969
Dr. C. L. Lange 1970
Dr. R. H. Williams 1971
Award not presented in 1972
Dr. M. T. Jordan 1973
Dr. C. B. Randall 1974
Award not presented in 1975
Award not presented in 1976
Dr. B. D. Harrington 1977
Dr. C. M. Speegle 1978
Dr. Martin Litwack 1979
Dr. Danny T. Allen 1980
Award not presented in 1981
Dr. John I. Freeman 1982
Dr. Terrence Curtin 1983
Dr. Dorothy Kalet 1984
Dr. David E. Harling 1985
Dr. Ronald J. Komich 1986
Dr. Earl L. Knox 1987
Dr. Curtis Williamson 1988
Dr. W. W. Dickson 1989
Dr. E. Max Sink 1990
Dr. Joe H. Kinnarney 1991
Dr. S. Tom Currin 1992
Dr. Mark Green 1993
Dr. Elizabeth Lyerly 1994
Dr. Gale Bowman 1995
Dr. Marilyn Stiff 1997
Dr. James Hamilton 1998
Dr. Randy Jones 1999
Dr. Sarah Brown 2000
Award not presented in 2001
Dr. Nancy B. Pate 2002
Dr. Thomas J. McGinn, III 2003
Dr. David Marshall 2004
Dr. Jane Williston 2005
Dr. Amy J. Lewis 2006
Dr. Julie Packard 2007
Dr. M. Chessie Green 2008
Dr. Warwick Arden 2009
Dr. David Bristol 2010
Dr. John J. Sherman, III 2011
Dr. Thomas Kuhn 2013
Dr. Karen Davis 2014
Dr. Sandy Albright 2015
Dr. David Linzey 2016
Dr. Shannon Foy 2017
No award 2018
Dr. Randy Lynn 2019
No award 2020 (COVID)
NCVMA membership 2021
No award 2022
No award 2024

Distinguished Veterinarian

This award is based on lifetime achievement, professional and civic, and career contributions to and involvement within organized veterinary medicine (i.e., NCVMA, AVMA, ancillary professional groups).

Distinguished Veterinarian Award

Dr. C. W. Barber 1971
Dr. D. C. Beard 1971
Dr. B. J. Lindley 1971
Dr. J. I. Cornwell 1972
Dr. J. W. Peace 1972
Dr. Martin Litwack 1973
Dr. J. G. Martin 1973
Dr. C. B. Randall 1973
Dr. W. E. Plummer 1974
Dr. T. F. Zweigart 1974
Dr. B. W. Dawsey 1975
Dr. J. R. Harris 1975
Dr. B. H. Kinsey 1975
Dr. J. C. Bateman 1976
Dr. W. W. Harkins 1976
Dr. C. R. Swearingen 1976
Dr. F. B. Coates 1977
Dr. W. R. Dobbs 1977
Dr. M. M. Leonard 1978
Dr. James T. Dixon 1979
Dr. W. A. Sumner 1980
Dr. D. Earl Hightower 1980
Dr. Thomas C. Needham 1981
Dr. C. H. Gurley 1982
Dr. Mack S. Setser 1982
Dr. George R. Armstrong 1982
Dr. Joe Currie 1983
Dr. Willard Slappy 1983
Dr. Ralph E. Gandy, Jr. 1984
Dr. Ralph L. Williams 1985
Dr. Martin P. Hines 1985
Dr. E. Max Sink 1986
Dr. C. C. McLean 1986
Dr. Ben D. Harrington 1987
Dr. Guy T. Moore 1987
Dr. Robert Glass 1988
Dr. Clyde Young 1988
Dr. Don Lackey 1989
Dr. Terrence Curtin 1990
Dr. Betsy T. Sigmon 1991
Dr. Jim Peeples 1992
Dr. George Brandt 1993
Dr. Kenneth Padgett 1994
Dr. W. W. Dickson 1995
Dr. John I. Freeman 1996
Dr. David Harling 1996
Dr. Lee Hunter 1997
Dr. Herbert Justus 1998
Dr. George Edwards 1998
Dr. William Plummer 1999
Dr. Danny T. Allen 2000
Dr. Benjamin S. Turner 2001
Dr. George P. Bullock, 2002
Dr. James E. Smallwood 2002
Dr. David DeYoung 2003
Dr. Oscar Fletcher 2004
Dr. Richard Dillman 2005
Dr. Joseph Kinnarney 2006
Dr. Karen Davis 2007
Dr. Dennis Wages 2008
Dr. Jack Broadhurst 2010
Dr. Ray J. Randall 2011
Dr. David Brooks 2012
Dr. Amy Lewis 2013
Dr. Katherine Queck 2014
Dr. Phil McHugh 2015
Dr. Doug Meckes 2016
Dr. Richard Hawkins 2017
Dr. Randy Jones 2018
No award in 2019
No award 2020 (COVID)
No award 2021
Dr. Brenda Stevens 2022
Dr Steve Stelma 2024

Young Veterinarian of the Year

Criteria: Five years or less since graduation; outstanding medical, communication and leadership skills; actively involved in the profession, and dedicated to serving clients and patients; and contributes to his/her community.

Young Veterinarian of the Year Award

Dr. W. Bryant Morton 1997
Dr. Stephanie Kordick 1998
Dr. Kelli Ferris 1999
Dr. Kelli Ferris 2000
Dr. James Dobies 2001
Dr. Mary Chester Green 2002
Dr. Raymond A. Huml 2003
Dr. Matthew Turner 2004
Dr. Brent Scarlett 2005
Dr. Eva Jablonski 2006
Dr. Joyce McKinney 2007
Dr. Marguerite Gleason 2008
Dr. Jennifer Federico 2010
Dr. Jennifer Jones-Shults 2011
Dr. Mindy Wesely 2015
Dr. Candace Thrift 2016
Dr. Harrison Dudley 2017
No award 2018
Dr. Eliza Ruffner 2019
No award 2020 (COVID)
Dr. Lindsay Batson 2021
No award 2022

Lifetime Meritorious Achievement Award

The Lifetime Meritorious Achievement Award is similar to the Distinguished Veterinarian award, but accounts for significant achievements over a lifetime.

Lifetime Meritorious Achievement Award

Dr. Charles L. Ward 2011
Dr. David Harling 2014
Dr. Max Sink 2017
Dr. Terrence Curtin 2018
Dr. Danny Allen 2019
No award 2020 (COVID)
Dr. Doug Meckes 2021
No award 2022
No award 2023
Dr. Joseph Kinnarney 2024

The Joseph L. Grimes Leadership Award (Student Award)

Award selected and awarded at the Annual CVM Awards Banquet

The Joseph L. Grimes Leadership Award (Student Award)

Linwood Jernigan 1986
David Tillson 1987
Kathy Evans 1988
Julie Lawrence 1989
Diane Tortorice 1990
Wendy Kohn 1991
Diane Petrowski 1992
David Linzey 1993
Christine Joyu 1994
Kelli Ferris 1995
Jacob Johnson 1996
Janine Sagris 1997
Kaori Sakamoto 1998
Kevin Stiffler 1998
D. Kemp Covington, Jr. 1999
Paula Stewart 2000
Cortney Barkley 2001
Richard Luce 2002
Page Wages 2003
Sarah Faircloth 2004
Eva Jablonski 2005
Faith Rouco 2006
Jeff Broadaway 2007
Robert Bergman 2008
Award selected and awarded at the Annual CVM Awards Banquet

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